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What is Syria's place in the sacred geography of Islam?
Among the sacred places mentioned in Islamic sources are Mecca, Sinai, and Jerusalem, but also Syria (the Shām) and ...
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Visiting the market in the old city of Damascus, once inaccessible to many Syrians
A visit to the souk in the old city in the Syrian capital of Damascus tell us a lot about the state of the country's current economy.
'A lot of history yet to play out': Syrian rebels capture Damascus as Assad flees
The Assad Regime has ended in Syria with rebels taking Damascus. NBC News' Richard Engel is on the ground in Damascus and NBC ...
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Families of detainees and missing Syrians protest in Damascus
Families of detainees and missing Syrians protest outside the Hijaz train station in Damascus, demanding accountability for perpetrators of crimes under Assad's now-deposed government. "These people ...
Jaw-dropping moment Syrian translator finds anguished message written by his missing relative on wall of Damascus prison
A Syrian man helping to translate the anguished messages scrawled on cell walls by prisoners of the brutal Assad regime made ...
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Syrians celebrate end of Assad rule, look toward the future: "This feels like a new birth"
Hope and uncertainty fill the streets of Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad. The challenges of rebuilding are enormous ...
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Rebels Assert Control in Damascus, Their Plans Still Unclear
In recent history, the hoodie’s every-man essence ... Armed rebel fighters walking through the Old City of Damascus on Monday.Credit...Bilal Alhammoud/EPA, via Shutterstock A day after sweeping ...
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Hundreds protest in Damascus after Syrian Christmas tree set on fire
Hundreds of people have protested in Christian areas of the Syrian capital of Damascus after a video emerged showing hooded fighters setting a Christmas tree on fire elsewhere in the country.